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  • He was quite lively in the morning; for when Aunt Jane went to call Neddy, Jocko was not in his basket, and looking round the room for him, she saw the little black thing lying on the boy's pillow, with his arm round Neddy's neck like a queer baby.

    The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School Louisa May Alcott 1860

  • The argument is that Britain by the start of the 60s was, for all its increasing "never had it so good" affluence, in palpable relative economic decline; that complacent management, restrictive trade unions and cartelised financial institutions were all in urgent need of being shaken up by market forces; but that instead Macmillan took refuge in a statist, quasi-socialist corporatism, embodied by "Neddy", the National Economic Development Council.

    Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan by DR Thorpe – review David Kynaston 2010

  • Then Father Gusson bade farewell to the two women and went on his way with "Neddy," both much refreshed by their pleasant rest.

    The Curly-Haired Hen Auguste Vimar

  • Comedians, Harlequin made his entrance on a moke's back -- and the merriment afterwards being greatly enhanced when Master "Neddy," with

    A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

  • Next to me sat an English bride, and next to her sat her new husband, whom she called "Neddy," though he was big enough and stalwart enough to be entitled to his full name.

    A Tramp Abroad 1879

  • Next to me sat an English bride, and next to her sat her new husband, whom she called "Neddy," though he was big enough and stalwart enough to be entitled to his full name.

    A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 Mark Twain 1872

  • Inside the panel van was one of Sydney's toughest bad guys, Arthur Stanley "Neddy"

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • JP - Hey, hooray, someone is finally willing to call Neddy out on her "NO I'M NOT

    The Comics Curmudgeon 2010

  • "Neddy," said Bristow, who did not relish the idea of going on the proposed journey if it could be avoided, "here's the very man we want.

    John and Mary; or, The Fugitive Slaves, a Tale of South-Eastern Pennsylvania 1873

  • CDO Neddy Perez is preparing to launch employee networking groups for women, African-Americans and veterans in North America.

    Firms Hail New Chiefs (of Diversity) Leslie Kwoh 2012

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